Cave Refuge

So any grand ambitions are, under the testimony of time, at most a line of text on a page, and Mrs. Thompson never entertained the thought of becoming renowned throughout history; all she ever wanted was a peaceful and stable life.

To put it simply, this is called having no grand ambitions, but in a more sophisticated way of phrasing, Mrs. Thompson does not want to become just a line in a book, but rather, a reader flipping through the pages.

Before the natural disaster struck, Mrs. Thompson merely wished for a hundred years of happiness without illness or disaster; and when the disaster first came, she merely hoped to end her days in peace. However, after she began practicing the Evergreen Technique of longevity provided by Dong Tianyu, Mrs. Thompson's wish naturally evolved into wanting to live a long, stable life.

Just like the ancient emperors of old, no matter how ambitious they were in their youth, when old age came, they were ultimately unwilling to turn into a handful of dust, frantically searching for ways to prolong their lives.

In this era, Mrs. Thompson saw the cities established by the Imperial Court as the most likely places to live a long, stable life, for compared to other regions, only the Imperial Court of Blue Star placed importance on its citizens during natural disasters.

The reason is quite simple; during the decline of the dynasty, China tried every method from top to bottom to save the country, each method truly costing millions of lives.

Compare this to the Eagle Sauce Family, who opted for peace after a mere million died in their civil war; China's self-rescue attempt over a hundred years cost fifty to sixty million lives to finally discover a sole plan to save China.

As a scholar once said, China had made every possible mistake, becoming a living textbook. Other countries could find examples of almost any situation in the historical records of China.

For this very reason, China's Imperial Court values the lives of ordinary people. Although there are still instances of wrongdoing, the situation is much better than in other countries.

At least everyone understands that ordinary people are the foundation upon which the societal superstructure is built. If this foundation has problems, no matter how splendid the superstructure is built, it wouldn't stand for long before turning into ruins.

Hence, Mrs. Thompson's choice was not wrong, even though the dead following the disaster had already exceeded half of the former global population and many smaller zoos had fallen to ruin.

Even so, over half of the animals in China's Zoo died, yet to this day, the management can still maintain order within the zoo, and the animals living there acknowledge and accept the zoo's management, leaving other zoos on Blue Star baffled.

For this reason, even though the natural disaster destroyed one city after another, the Imperial Court repeatedly gathered people to rebuild the cities, and the vast majority believed in the Imperial Court and willingly joined in the construction of new cities.

Therefore, Mrs. Thompson's thoughts also represent the view of the vast majority of ordinary people in China, apart from a few ambitious individuals, most ordinary people hold great recognition for the Imperial Court.

Once the major decisions had been set, the three members of the Thompson Family started discussing the details of their departure. As they were about to finalize and leave, they heard Ye Liuyun calling Dong Tianyu from outside the courtyard.

Upon hearing Ye Liuyun's call, the three family members flinched. They had already discussed their departure plan and had decided to leave quietly without saying goodbye, so the last person they wanted to see right then was anyone from the Taylor family.

But since the plan was only just agreed upon and not yet put into action, even though they didn't particularly want to meet the visitor, the Thompson Family was sure that the visitor couldn't have known their current thinking.

Just as Dong Tianyu was about to open the door, the shouting from outside suddenly stopped. Just when Dong Tianyu hesitated whether he should still go out, his communication device suddenly rang, and upon picking it up, the screen indeed showed an incoming call from Ye Liuyun.

Knowing that Ye Liuyun was standing by the door, Dong Tianyu didn't pick up directly; he hung up the phone and then went out through the door.

As soon as he stepped out, he saw Ye Liuyun standing at the gate. Seeing Dong Tianyu hang up the call, Ye Liuyun directed his gaze into the room.

At that moment, as Dong Tianyu walked toward the gate, he shook his communication device and said, "I heard you calling me just now, was about to open the door when I heard the device ring, I picked it up and saw the incoming call was from you, so I hung up directly. What brings you here this time?"

Hearing Dong Tianyu say this, for some reason Ye Liuyun subconsciously glanced around then spoke, "I've come to discuss something important with you. It's inconvenient to talk outside; let's go inside, shall we? By the way, are your uncle and aunt at home?"

At this moment, the black snakes that had been lurking in the camp had just had their souls, flesh, and bones absorbed by the Three Flags, leaving behind only a layer of snake skin that could serve as food material.